YNDC Holds Open House at 45 Oneta Street Facility


Wednesday, November 16, 2016

On Wednesday, November 16, at 10:00 am, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation held an open house at its newest facility, located at 45 Oneta Street, Youngstown, Ohio 44509.

45 Oneta Street is a 1.5 acre property donated by a previous owner that YNDC began repurposing in summer 2015. It is now a multi-purpose facility that includes two buildings and serves as the center for YNDC’s vacant home boarding and construction activities. Project funders, partners, and the media were invited to attend and tour the facility.

Project funders include the following foundation donors: The Raymond John Wean Foundation, Florence S Beecher Foundation, John Hynes Foundation, John Finnegan Foundation, Frank and Pearl Gelbmann Foundation, Walter and Caroline Watson Foundation, J. Ford Crandall Foundation, Fibus Family Foundation, DeBartolo Foundation and the City of Youngstown. The following individual and corporate donors also contributed: Councilman Mike Ray, Jr., Vallourec Star, Finance Fund, NYO Property Group, James and Sons Insurance, Wardrobe LLC, Former Councilman Paul Drennen, Former Councilwoman Annie Gillam, Garden District Neighborhood Association, Jerry and Barb O’Hara, Truman and Katherine Greene, Janet Yaniglos, Mary June Tartan, Marcia Haire-Ellis, Gemma Sole , Dollaine Holmes, Robert Gray, James and Julie Green, Deb Flora, Dominic Marchionda, Germaine Bennett, Angela Shehadi, Eric Barrett, Emily Schaff, Christine Silvestri, Lisa Metzinger, Jessie Tuscano, Judith Brown, Mario Pecchia, Geralyn Slipski, Roberta Reichtell, Katherine Zetts, Kathleen M Fox, Ryan Bosworth-Mancini, Mary Krupa, Alan Mallach, Karen Schubert, Corey Leon, Philip Kidd, Elsa Higby, Sara Wenger, and Ian and Krista Beniston.